Teaching Assistant

St Robert's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discount scheme

Access to Education Support EAP

Generous pension contribution

Job summary

St Robert's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, is seeking a warm, friendly and empathetic colleague to join our team in a permanent, term-time role plus three additional days.

The post is 31.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday (8:45am–3:30pm with a 30-minute lunch). Applicants should have excellent English and maths, strong communication skills and a commitment to high standards of attainment and behaviour.

Qualifications

• Warm, friendly and empathetic.
• Excellent English, maths and communication skills.
• Understands how individuals learn to support rapid progress.
• Committed to high standards of attainment and behaviour.
• Works well as part of a skilled team including outside agencies.
• Interested in developing skills for initial teacher training.
• Practising Catholic or supportive of Catholic ethos.

Skills

Excellent English

Excellent Maths

Strong Communication

Job description

• Permanent, Term Time Only plus 3 additional days
• Monday to Friday, 31.25 hours per week
• Hours of work Monday to Friday are - 8.45 am - 3.30 pm with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break
• Salary NJC Grade A1-B1, Scale Point 3-6
• £25,614 to £26,846 per annum
• Actual Salary £18,041 - £19,286 per annum
• Required as soon as possible

We are looking for someone who:

• Is warm, friendly, and empathetic
• Has excellent English, maths and communication skills
• Understands how individual children learn to ensure rapid progress
• Is committed to high standards of attainment and behaviour
• Works effectively as part of a skilled team including outside agencies
• Someone who may want to develop skills necessary to enter into initial teacher training
• Is a practising Catholic or supportive of the Catholic ethos of the school

What we can offer you:

• A friendly and welcoming school where excellence is valued and celebrated
• Children who are enthusiastic, positive and prepared to work hard
• A strong and supportive leadership team and governing body, committed to developing our staff team
• Employee discount scheme (offering cycle to work scheme, gym membership, money saving offers across hundreds of the UK’s favourite high-street and online retailers, home and electrical items)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (Education Support)
• Generous pension contribution managed by the West Yorkshire Pension Fund
• A supportive organisation with the commitment to professional development and wellbeing

Further details including a job description, person specification are attached.

Closing Date: Friday 2nd October at 9.00am

Interviews: Wednesday 7th October 2026

The Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy for applications or withdraw the vacancy at any time at its absolute discretion.

In line with KCSiE 2026, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This may help identify any matters that are publicly available online, which we might want to explore with you at interview.

This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK-either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.

We value diversity and seek a workforce that reflects the communities we serve.